About the Authors

Yao Sodahlon

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Mectizan Donation Program, Task Force for Global Health, Decatur, Georgia, United States of America

David A. Ross

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Formerly with the Task Force for Global Health, Decatur, Georgia, United States of America

Patrick O’Carroll

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Task Force for Global Health, Decatur, Georgia, United States of America

Carol McPhillips-Tangum

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

ctangum-consultant@taskforce.org

Affiliation Consultant to the Task Force for Global Health, Decatur, Georgia, United States of America

Joni Lawrence

Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Mectizan Donation Program, Task Force for Global Health, Decatur, Georgia, United States of America

Andie Tucker

Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Task Force for Global Health, Decatur, Georgia, United States of America

Fabien Mpitu

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Consultant to the Task Force for Global Health, Decatur, Georgia, United States of America

Elizabeth Nicklas

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Consultant to the Task Force for Global Health, Decatur, Georgia, United States of America

Maura Tangum

Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Consultant to the Task Force for Global Health, Decatur, Georgia, United States of America

Allison Goldberg

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Office of Corporate Responsibility, Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey, United States of America

Marilyn Mainardi

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Office of Corporate Responsibility, Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey, United States of America

Teshome Gebre

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Task Force for Global Health, Decatur, Georgia, United States of America

John Chiphwanya

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Neglected Tropical Disease Program, Ministry of Health, Lilongwe, Malawi

Emilienne Epee

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Neglected Tropical Disease Program, Ministry of Health, Yaoundé, Cameroon, University of Yaoundé, Yaoundé, Cameroon

Piham Gnossike

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Ministry of Health, Public Hygiene and Universal Access to Care, Lomé, Togo

Irène Megeh

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Neglected Tropical Disease Program, Ministry of Health, Yaoundé, Cameroon

Square Mkwanda

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Formerly with the Ministry of Health, Lilongwe, Malawi

Ibarin Morou

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Ministry of Health, Public Hygiene and Universal Access to Care, Lomé, Togo

Georges Barthelemy Nko’Ayissi

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Neglected Tropical Disease Program, Ministry of Health, Yaoundé, Cameroon

Laston Douglas Sitima

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Neglected Tropical Disease Program, Ministry of Health, Lilongwe, Malawi

Ibrahima Socé Fall

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.